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Shadows of the Cold Sun

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Rescue and Containment

Shadows of the Cold Sun

Lvl 33-5 players3-4 hours· medium

“In the steaming jungles of Q'barra, some treasures are better left buried.”

— Hook · Rescue and Containment

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QuestgiverSenior Wayfinder Vaelen
Rescue and Containment
D&D 5E
Medium
Lvl 3
3-5 players
3-4 hours
3 NPCs
2 encounters
The Opening

“The heavy rains of Q'barra have finally eased, but the excavation team at Haka'Torvek has not reported back in three days. Senior Wayfinder Vaelen has posted a bounty for any soul brave enough to brave the lizardfolk territory and find them. He looks at your group with weary eyes, clutching a map stained by swamp water.”

— Hook · Rescue and Containment

Set the Scene

The humid air of Wyrmswatch hangs heavy with the scent of rain and peat. Inside the Wayfinder Foundation outpost, Senior Wayfinder Vaelen spreads a muddy map across a crate of supplies.

Patron
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Questgiver

Senior Wayfinder Vaelen

Vaelen is professional and blunt. He offers 500 gold pieces for the safe return of the researchers and an additional bonus for any recovered data logs, though he clearly fears the worst.

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d3 · table
  1. 01
    The Haka'Torvek dig site has unearthed something that isnt dragonshard.
  2. 02
    Lizardfolk tribes are migrating away from the Basura Swamp as if fleeing a plague.
  3. 03
    Aris Thorne was seen buying forbidden occult components in Newthrone before heading to the ruins.
Stakes

If the ritual is completed, a minor avatar of shadow will be unleashed, potentially corrupting the local water supply and leading to a lizardfolk uprising against Wyrmswatch.

Ticking Clock·The ritual reaches its zenith at moonrise. The party has roughly six hours before the shadow manifestation becomes permanent.

Background Lore

Q'barra is a frontier land where the Age of Demons still leaves scars. Haka'Torvek is a minor ruin site suspected to house Eberron dragonshards, but it actually sits atop a minor binding seal related to Masvirik, the Cold Sun.

What the World Knows

A group of Wayfinder researchers led by Aris Thorne went missing while surveying ruins for potential dragonshard deposits near the Basura Swamp.

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